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Alessandro M. Forte

Alessandro M. Forte

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8981
World Ranking
3601
National Ranking
1422

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Alessandro M. Forte is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on geophysics. Within this field, they have contributed to subfields such as geophysics, environmental chemistry, geology, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist has worked extensively on topics including high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, geological studies and exploration, as well as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Forte has co-authored with researchers such as Chang Lu, S. P. Grand, David B. Rowley, P. Glišović, and N. A. Simmons. Frequent publication venues for their work include Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Geophysical Journal International, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, and Scientific Reports.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Forte include:

  • "The Sensitivity of Joint Inversions of Seismic and Geodynamic Data to Mantle Viscosity," 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Earth's Isostatic and Dynamic Topography-A Critical Perspective," 2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Kinematics of the East Pacific Rise Retrodicted From Pacific and Farallon/Nazca Subduction-Related Torques: Support for Significant Deep Mantle Buoyancy Controlling EPR Spreading," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "The effects of discontinuity topography in the mantle transition zone on global geodynamic observables and mantle heterogeneity," 2022, Geophysical Journal International
  • "Testing Models for Three-Component Mantle Heterogeneity as Recorded in Compositions of Lavas from the Off-Axis 8°20' N Seamount Chain," 2022, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Among notable recognitions, Alessandro M. Forte was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

  • A new inference of mantle viscosity based upon joint inversion of convection and glacial isostatic adjustment data

    J.X. Mitrovica;A.M. Forte

  • GyPSuM: A joint tomographic model of mantle density and seismic wave speeds

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Lapo Boschi;Stephen P. Grand

  • Deep-mantle high-viscosity flow and thermochemical structure inferred from seismic and geodynamic data

    Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Radial profile of mantle viscosity: Results from the joint inversion of convection and postglacial rebound observables

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Alessandro M. Forte

  • Dynamic topography and long-term sea-level variations: There is no such thing as a stable continental platform

    Robert Moucha;Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica;David B. Rowley

  • Plate tectonics and aspherical earth structure: The Importance of poloidal-toroidal coupling

    A. M. Forte;W. R. Peltier

  • Joint seismic, geodynamic and mineral physical constraints on three-dimensional mantle heterogeneity: Implications for the relative importance of thermal versus compositional heterogeneity

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Stephen P. Grand

  • Changes in African topography driven by mantle convection

    Robert Moucha;Robert Moucha;Robert Moucha;Alessandro M. Forte

  • Earth's Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tomography From the Atomic to the Global Scale

    Shun-ichiro Karato;Alessandro Forte;Robert Liebermann;Guy Masters

  • The PRISM4 (mid-Piacenzian) paleoenvironmental reconstruction

    Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan;David Rowley;Robert Moucha

  • Joint seismic-geodynamic-mineral physical modelling of African geodynamics: A reconciliation of deep-mantle convection with surface geophysical constraints

    Alessandro M. Forte;Sandrine Quéré;Robert Moucha;Nathan A. Simmons

  • Viscous flow models of global geophysical observables: 1. Forward problems

    Alessandro M. Forte;Richard Peltier

  • Thermochemical structure and dynamics of the African superplume

    Nathan A. Simmons;Alessandro M. Forte;Stephen P. Grand

  • Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago

    David B. Rowley;Alessandro M. Forte;Robert Moucha;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • New inferences of mantle viscosity from joint inversion of long‐wavelength mantle convection and post‐glacial rebound data

    Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Geodynamic Evidence for a Chemically Depleted Continental Tectosphere

    Alessandro M. Forte;H. K. Claire Perry

  • Joint inversions of seismic and geodynamic data for models of three—dimensional mantle heterogeneity

    Alessandro M. Forte;Robert L. Woodward;Adam M. Dziewonski

  • Aspherical Structure of the Mantle, Tectonic Plate Motions, Nonhydrostatic Geoid, and Topography of the Core‐Mantle Boundary

    Alessandro M. Forte;Adam M. Dziewonski;Robert L. Woodward

  • Dynamic surface topography: A new interpretation based upon mantle flow models derived from seismic tomography

    A. M. Forte;W. R. Peltier;A. M. Dziewonski;R. L. Woodward

  • Deep mantle forces and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau

    Robert Moucha;Alessandro M. Forte;David B. Rowley;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Mantle flow, dynamic topography, and rift-flank uplift of Arabia

    Amy Daradich;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Russell N. Pysklywec;Sean D. Willett

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Stephen P. Grand
Stephen P. Grand The University of Texas at Austin
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Adam M. Dziewonski
Adam M. Dziewonski Harvard University
James Wookey
James Wookey University of Bristol
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
W. R. Peltier
W. R. Peltier University of Toronto
J-M Kendall
J-M Kendall University of Oxford
Guy Masters
Guy Masters University of California, San Diego
Lapo Boschi
Lapo Boschi University of Padua

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